This online Catholic Liturgical calendar lays out the 2008 Catholic Solemnities, Feasts, and Memorials. Marked beside each observance is the level of festivity, whether the day is a holy day of obligation, if the day is a required fast or abstinence day, and which week of the four-week psalm cycle in the Liturgy of the Hours is to be used. Please see the key below to understand the symbols. Printer-Friendly Version: 2008 Online Catholic Liturgical Calendar (.pdf). We also have a Table of Movable Major Catholic Seasons and Holidays, with future dates of Easter and other movable holidays.
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2 - Advent Week 1 (Ob) (P1)
3 - Francis Xavier (M)
4 - John of Damascus (OM)
6 - Nicholas (OM)
7 - Ambrose (M); Vigil of the Immaculate Conception
8 - Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (S; Ob)
9 - Advent Week 2 (Ob) (P2)
11 - Pope Damasus I (OM)
12 - Our Lady of Guadalupe (M)
13 - Lucy (M)
14 - John of the Cross (M)
16 - Advent Week 3 (Ob) (P3)
21 - (Peter Canisius) (OM)
23 - Advent Week 4 (Ob) (P4)
24 - Christmas Eve
25 - Christmas (S; Ob); Begin Octave of Christmas
26 - Stephen (F)
27 - John (F)
28 - Holy Innocents (F)
29 - (Thomas Becket) (OM)
30 - Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph (F; Ob) (P1)
31 - (Pope Sylvester) (OM)
1 - Mary Mother of God (S; Ob)
2 - Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen (M)
3 - The Most Holy Name of Jesus (OM)
4 - Elizabeth Ann Seton (M)
5 - John Neumann (M)
6 - Christmas Season, The Epiphany of the Lord (S; Ob) (P2)
7 - Raymond of Penyafort (OM)
13 - Baptism of the Lord, United States (F; Ob)
13 (Night) - Ordinary Time Week 1 (P1)
17 - Anthony (M)
20 - Ordinary Time Week 2 (Ob) (P2)
21 - Agnes (M)
22 - Vincent (OM)
24 - Francis de Sales (M)
25 - Conversion of Paul (F)
26 - Timothy and Titus (M)
27 - Ordinary Time Week 3 (Ob) (P3)
28 - Thomas Aquinas (M)
31 - John Bosco (M)
2 - Presentation of the Lord (F)
3 - Ordinary Time Week 4 (Ob) (P4)
5 - Agatha (M)
6 - Ash Wednesday (Fast); Beginning of Lent
8 - Lenten Friday; (Jerome Emiliani) (OM; A)
10 - Lent Week 1 (Ob) (P1)
11 - (Our Lady of Lourdes) (OM)
14 - (Cyril and Methodius) (OM)
15 - Lenten Friday (A)
17 - Lent Week 2 (Ob)(P2)
21 - (Peter Damian) (OM)
22 - Lenten Friday; Chair of St. Peter (F; A)
23 - (Polycarp) (M; A)
24 - Lent Week 3 (Ob) (P3)
29 - Lenten Friday (A)
2 - Lent Week 4 (Ob) (P4)
3 - (Katharine Drexel) (OM)
4 - (Casimir) (OM)
7 - Lenten Friday; (Perpetua and Felicity) (M; A)
8 - (John of God) (OM)
9 - Lent Week 5 (Ob) (P1)
14 - Lenten Friday (A)
15 - Joseph, husband of Mary (S**)
16 - Holy Week Begins (P2); Palm Sunday (Ob)
17 - (Patrick) (OM)
18 - (Cyril of Jerusalem) (OM)
20 (Evening) - Paschal Triduum, Holy (Maundy) Thursday
21 - Good Friday of the Lord's Passion (Fast)
22 - Holy Saturday; Vigil of Easter
23 - Easter (Ob) (P1); Octave of Easter Begins
24 - Monday in the Octave of Easter (S)
25 - Tuesday in the Octave of Easter (S)
26 - Wednesday in the Octave of Easter (S)
27 - Thursday in the Octave of Easter (S)
28 - Friday in the Octave of Easter (S)
29 - Saturday in the Octave of Easter (S)
30 - Easter Week 2 (Ob) (P2); Last Day of Easter Octave; Divine Mercy Sunday
31 - Annunciation of the Lord (S**)
2 - Francis of Paola (OM)
4 - Isidore of Seville (OM)
5 - Vincent Ferrer (OM)
6 - Easter Week 3 (Ob) (P3)
7 - John Baptist De La Salle (M)
11 - Stanislaus (OM)
13 - Easter Week 4 (Ob) (P4)
20 - Easter Week 5 (Ob) (P1)
21 - Anselm (OM)
23 - George (OM)
24 - Fidelis (OM)
25 - Mark (F)
27 - Easter Week 6 (Ob) (P2)
28 - Peter Chanel; Louis Mary de Montfort (OM)
29 - Catherine of Siena (M)
30 - Pope Pius V (OM)
1 - Ascension (Traditional) (S; Ob)
2 - Athanasius (M)
3 - Philip and James (F)
4 - Easter Week 7; Ascension (Some U. S. dioceses) (S**; Ob) (P3)
10 - Damien Joseph de Veuster of Moloka'i (OM); Vigil of Pentecost
11 - Pentecost; Ordinary Time Week 6 (S; Ob) (P2)
12 - Nereus and Achilleus; Pancras (OM)
13 - Our Lady of Fatima (OM)
14 - Matthias (F)
15 - Isidore the Laborer (OM)
18 - Holy Trinity; Ordinary Time Week 7 (S; Ob) (P3)
20 - Bernadine of Siena (OM)
21 - Christopher Magallanes and His Companions (OM)
22 - Corpus Christi (Traditional) (S; Ob)
25 - Corpus Christi (United States) (S**; Ob); Ordinary Time Week 8 (S; Ob)(P4)
26 - Philip Neri (M)
27 - Augustine of Canterbury (OM)
30 - The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (S)
31 - The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (F)
1 - Ordinary Time Week 9 (S; Ob)(P1)
2 - Marcellinus and Peter (OM)
3 - Charles Lwanga and Companions (M)
5 - Boniface (M)
6 - Norbert (OM)
8 - Ordinary Time Week 10 (Ob)(P2)
9 - Ephrem (OM)
11 - Barnabas (M)
13 - Anthony of Padua (M)
15 - Ordinary Time Week 11 (Ob) (P3)
19 - Romuald (OM)
21 - Aloysius Gonzaga (OM)
22 - Ordinary Time Week 12 (Ob)(P4)
24 - Nativity of John the Baptist (S)
27 - Cyril of Alexandra (OM)
28 - Irenaeus (M)
29 - Peter and Paul; Ordinary Time Week 13 (S; Ob) (P1)
30 - First Martyrs of the Church in Rome (OM)
1 - Bl. Junipero Serra (OM)
3 - Thomas (F)
4 - Elizabeth of Portugal; Independence Day (United States) (OM)
5 - Anthony Zaccaria (OM)
6 - Ordinary Time Week 14 (Ob) (P2)
9 - Augustine Zhao Rong and His Companions (OM)
11 - Benedict (M)
13 - Ordinary Time Week 15 (Ob) (P3)
14 - Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (M)
15 - Bonaventure (M)
16 - Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (OM)
20 - Ordinary Time Week 16 (Ob) (P4)
21 - Lawrence of Brindisi (OM)
22 - Mary Magdalene (M)
23 - Bridget of Sweden (OM)
24 - Sharbel Makhluf (OM)
25 - James, Apostle (F)
26 - Joachim and Anne (M)
27 - Ordinary Time Week 17 (Ob) (P1)
29 - Martha (Memorial)
30 - Peter Chrysologus (OM)
31 - Ignatius of Loyola (M)
1 - Alphonsus Liguori (M)
2 - Eusebius of Vercelli; Peter Julian Eymard (OM)
3 - Ordinary Time Week 18 (Ob) (P2)
4 - John Vianney (M)
5 - Dedication of St. Mary Major (OM)
6 - The Transfiguration of the Lord (F)
7 - Pope Sixtus II and Companions; Cajetan (OM)
8 - Dominic (M)
9 - Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) (OM)
10 - Ordinary Time Week 19 (Ob) (P3)
11 - Clare (M)
13 - Pope Pontian; Hippolytus (OM)
14 - Maximilian Mary Kolbe (OM)
14 (Evening) - Vigil of The Assumption
15 - The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (S; Ob)
16 - Stephen of Hungary (OM)
17 - Ordinary Time Week 20 (Ob) (P4)
18 - Jane Frances de Chantal (OM)
19 - John Eudes (OM)
20 - Bernard (M)
21 - Pope Pius X (M)
22 - The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (M)
23 - Rose of Lima (OM)
24 - Ordinary Time Week 21 (Ob) (P1)
25 - Louis; Joseph Calasanz (OM)
27 - Monica (M)
28 - Augustine (M)
29 - Beheading of John the Baptist (M)
31 - Ordinary Time Week 22 (Ob) (P2)
3 - Pope Gregory the Great (M)
7 - Ordinary Time Week 23 (Ob) (P3)
8 - The Birth of Mary (F)
9 - Peter Claver (M)
12 - The Most Holy Name of Mary (OM)
13 - John Chrysostom (M)
14 - The Exaltation of the Cross; Ordinary Time Week 24 (F; Ob) (P4)
15 - Our Lady of Sorrows (M)
16 - Cornelius; Cyrpian (M)
17 - Robert Bellarmine (OM)
19 - Isaac Jogues and John de Brebeuf and Companions (M); Januarius (OM)
20 - Andrew Kim Taegon; Paul Chong Hasang and Companions (OM)
21 - Ordinary Time Week 25 (Ob) (P1)
23 - Pio of Pietrelcina (M)
26 - Cosmas and Damian (OM)
27 - Vincent de Paul (OM)
28 - Ordinary Time Week 26 (Ob) (P2)
29 - Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels (F)
30 - Jerome (M)
1 - Theresa of the Child Jesus (M)
2 - Guardian Angels (M)
4 - Francis of Assisi (M)
5 - Ordinary Time Week 27 (Ob) (P3)
6 - Bruno (OM)
7- Our Lady of the Rosary (M)
9 - Denis and Companions; John Leonardi (OM)
12 - Ordinary Time Week 28 (Ob) (P4)
14 - Callistus I (OM)
15 - Teresa of Avila (M)
16 - Hedwig; Margaret Mary Alacoque (OM)
17 - Ignatius of Antioch (M)
18 - Luke (F)
19 - Ordinary Time Week 29 (Ob) (P1)
20 - Paul of the Cross (OM)
23 - John of Capistrano (OM)
24 - Anthony Claret (OM)
26 - Ordinary Time Week 30 (Ob) (P2)
28 - Simon and Jude (F)
31 - Vigil of All Saints (Halloween)
1 - All Saints (S; Ob)
2 - All Souls; Ordinary Time Week 31 (Unique, Ranked with Solemnities; Ob) (P3)
3 - Martin de Porres (OM)
4 - Charles Borromeo (M)
9 - Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome; Ordinary Time Week 32 (Ob) (P4)
10 - Pope Leo the Great (M)
11 - Martin of Tours (M)
12 - Josaphat (M)
13 - Frances Xavier Cabrini (M)
15 - Albert the Great (OM)
16 - Margaret of Scotland; Gertrude (OM)
17 - Ordinary Time Week 33 (Ob) (P1)
18 - Dedication of the Churches of Peter and Paul, Apostles (OM)
21 - Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (M)
22 - Cecilia (M)
23 - Christ the King; Ordinary Time Week 34 (S; Ob)(P2)
24 - Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions, martyrs (OM)
25 - Catherine of Alexandria (OM)
27 - Thanksgiving (United States) (OM)
30 - Advent Week 1 (Ob) (P1)
3 - Francis Xavier (M)
4 - John of Damascus (OM)
6 - Nicholas (OM)
7 - Advent Week 2 (Ob) (P2)
8 - Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (S; Ob)
11 - Pope Damasus I (OM)
12 - Our Lady of Guadalupe (M)
13 - Lucy (M)
14 - Advent Week 3 (Ob) (P3)
21 - Advent Week 4 (Ob) (P4)
23 - John of Kanty (OM)
24 - Christmas Eve
25 - Christmas (S; Ob); Begin Octave of Christmas
26 - Stephen (F)
27 - John (F)
28 - Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph; Final Day of Octave of Christmas (F; Ob) (P1)
29 - (Thomas Becket) (OM)
31 - (Pope Sylvester) (OM)
| Symbol | Meaning |
| Ob | Holy Day of Obligation (includes all Sundays) |
| F | Feast |
| S | Solemnity |
| M | Memorial |
| OM | Optional Memorial |
| (feast name) | Optional; Seasonal Celebration Takes Precedence |
| Fast | Fast Day |
| A | Abstinence Day |
| P# | Week Number in Liturgy of the Hours 4-Week Psalm Cycle |
| ** | Feast normally falls on another day, but has been translated |
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